On Sept. 13, 1971, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller ordered armed state troopers to raid the prison in Attica, New York, ending a prison uprising to protest inhumane conditions at the facility. Troopers then indiscriminately shot over 2,000 rounds of ammunition, killing 29 prisoners and 10 guards. Recently released audio recordings provide a glimpse into the bizarre savage rituals of US federal and local rulers coming together.

First Rockefeller phones President Richard Nixon, boasting of his absolute success in cleanly casting out the demons, while ingratiating himself with "Mister President". Nixon responds with canned cheerleading - clearly in desperate need of a teleprompter (Nixon spoke more carefully since he was taping, but apparently did not inform Rockefeller). But the next day, after newspapers report that all the guards were killed by troopers in the raid, Rockefeller executes a classic Politician's About-Face, arguing that no one could reasonably expect absolute success in that situation!

Along the way, the boys bluster about how the Attica crisis "separated the sheep from the goats", and poke fun at NY Times reporter sheep Tom Wicker and NYC mayor sheep John Lindsay (who Nixon calls "the new Democrat" and "the convert", because Lindsay switched from Republican to Democrat). And goat Rocky explains why he was too sheepish to go to Attica himself.

Perhaps their shared mindset is best revealed when Nixon asks: "How many PEOPLE..." and Rockefeller anticipates his question and answers: "Seven HOSTAGES were killed". It was understood that the only "people" were the hostages, so Nixon later also had to ask: "How many PRISONERS were killed?". Moreover, they reconfirmed the less-than-human status of the prisoners when Nixon asks: "Is this a...are these primarily blacks?", and Rockefeller falsely claims: "Oh yes, the whole thing was led by the blacks".

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